Speculum Colors

So a while back I came across colorful speculums, metal not plastic, but colored by enameling/powder coating/etc. Have many others put these into use during play and/or have women had them used during real exams ?

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A photographer friend of mine has a pink one that he uses on me sometimes but I always thought he had it painted that way...I asked him and he told me he bought it that way

Wow what a neat thing...might have to find some.

I stick with stainless, but I have seen the colored ones before. Actually I do have a glow in the dark plastic one someplace, but that is more of a novelty.

We have a pink speculum.

I asked about speculum colors before under the instrument forum, but I don't think anyone could really answer the question as to what they are used for. I searched on the net, and the best answer that I could come up with is for various surgical procedures. I was looking at the Gynex company as well as EBay, and I've seen everything from black, light blue, gold, and rainbow colored. I've picked up a gold Collins and Graves so far, and I was thinking of a rainbow colored full-view Graves in the future, just for variety. I think it would be great to have it lying out on a tray for a play exam in irder to arouse the patients curiosity when they enter the room...

I have a blue Graves in the large size and a gold plated one in medium.

I have a black powder coated one

They are used in procedures where electricity may be used for cauterisation etc as being coated the won't conduct

I was at my favorite sex shop several years ago looking for something new and different and that I couldn't live without at the time. I noticed a black speculum in the display case and asked the female store clerk if I could get a closer look. Part of the reason for a closer look was to see what type of coating it had. She did not know off the top of her head but was curious with the question. We both examined it and noted that the threads on the screw that expands the blades were silver. We then noted that there was flaking at the hinge point of blades and the coating on the knurling of the screw was suspect. The clerk immediately recognized that as being a bad thing and was concerned because she had purchased one for use on herself previously. She immediately removed them from the case and will only stock stainless or plastic at this point.